We are definitely having an unusual run of great weather down here in New Orleans. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to enjoy it much yesterday. I'd had an early dinner at a convenient local Spanish restaurant with the wife and a psychiatrist who is in town to give a talk at the medical school, and for some reason had decided to gamble on the Ceviche rather than get my usual paella. This particular place is fairly small and the food is interesting and generally good, although certainly not spectacular. One thing I like about it is that it us usually quiet enough for conversation and offers a reasonable selection for vegetarians like our guest. I should have known better than to go for the uncooked stuff. Anyway, without going into too much detail, but 10 pm I was starting to feel queasy and my stomach was working overtime, so I knew I was in trouble. Clearly a little case of food poisoning. Things finally started to settle down in the wee hours of the morning, but I knew I'd be uncomfortable the rest of the day. It was late afternoon by the time my appetite returned, although I think it will be a while before I order cerviche again, even though I really do like it. Fortunately, this particular restaurant's take on ceviche is pretty unimpressive, so there won't be any big temptation there.
So after taking the day off of work and catching up on some much-needed sleep, I headed out this morning for an easy ride up on the levee. I had a dull headache, which still lingers, but otherwise felt OK. It was another double-jersey morning, perhaps a tad warmer than yesterday, but generally quite pleasant. I met up with Donald and, later, Taylor, and we rode mostly three-abreast chatting about the upcoming bike path closure and listening to Taylor's joke of the day. On the former subject, it seems that the bike path will be closed for a couple of months where it goes under the Huey P. Long bridge. They're adding a couple of lanes to each side and will be installing the big sections of roadway above the levee, bike path, and River Road, all of which will apparently be shut down 24/7 for a couple of months (at least). I'm not sure how this is going to work out for the morning rides. There's really no good way to get past this section on regular roads without resorting to Jefferson Highway, which is, to say the least, not bike-friendly. It will also involve a significant detour, adding quite a few minutes to the ride time. I guess I'll see how it goes. I might end up driving out past the bridge for some of the long rides and maybe riding elsewhere a couple days a week. The loop around City Park might be a good alternate ride if the bike path turns out to be a real problem.
The Corps of Engineers recently cleared a big swatch of batture across from Ochsner hospital recently. I can't figure out why they did it, but for now there's a great view of the river and it looks almost like a beach.
Amazingly, it's looking like the nice weather will continue at least through the weekend, although we could certainly use a little rain around here at this point. I'm thinking I'll do the Giro on Saturday and then another northshore ride on Sunday.
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